What���s the Connection Between Eugenics and Evolution?

The history of eugenics is often overlooked in American history. Few people know that from the beginning of the twentieth century until around WW II, very powerful eugenics societies and laws existed that tried to ensure the next generation was ���well born��� by sterilizing (sometimes forcibly!) those deemed ���unfit��� to pass along their genes. Eugenics was even taught to public (government) high school students by one of the main biology textbooks used in the 1920s. Where did these ideas co...